Katie Dayton

Beijing last year used rare earth export restrictions as a weapon in the trade war with the U.S.,

Some believe the U.S.

can gain greater control of its own destiny, not by mining, but by recycling the kinds of technology most of us would consider to be junk.

Our WSJ colleague Ed Ballard is here to explain more.

Ed, talk us through this recycling option that has been presented.

How does that work?

Can you give us an example of one company in this space and how this recycling process works for them?

And if these companies are successful, do they anticipate that they really could replace the volumes accrued from mining with recycling?

That was WSJ climate change and energy transition columnist Ed Ballard.

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